Cartoon Summary:

The President Yrigoyen [Irigoyen] (1916-1922) sleeps and dreams: his alter ego rises to Olympus, required and obtains the rays of Jupiter to launch over Buenos Aires to destroy the entrenched corruption and vice in the city. The whole film brimming with satirical... (more)

Cartoon Production Information:

English Title:

"The Apostle."

Silent cartoon. A political satire of Argentina's President Yrigoyen, this was the first cartoon feature film. Well-known caricaturist Diógenes Taborda designed the characters. Quirino Cristiani produced 58,000 drawings for the film over 12... (more)

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